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Thermoelectric material is a new type of functional material that can realize the direct conversion between heat energy and electric energy. It has received a lot of attention because it has wide practical applications. However, the applications of thermoelectric devices are limited by their low conversion efficiencies. The conversion efficiency is determined mainly by the thermoelectric properties of the material. In this work, a compound of CuGaTe2 chalcopyrite is selected as a research object, and a series of Ni-doped samples Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0–0.75%) is synthesized by the vacuum melting method. The temperature dependent thermal and electrical properties for Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0–0.75%) compounds are investigated. The results show that the Ni atom can effectively replace the Cu atom of the material, and thus leading the carrier concentration to decrease slightly and inducing the mobility to increase. At the same time, the Seebeck coefficient increases significantly after Ni doping: on the one hand, the increase is due to the decrease of the carrier concentration of the sample; on the other hand, the effective increase of the density of states near the Fermi level plays an important role in increasing Seebeck coefficient. Then, the thermal conductivity decreases effectively due to the enhancement of point defect scattering caused by Ni doping, and the minimum lattice thermal conductivity is reduced by ~30% in comparison with the matrix lattice thermal conductivity. Finally, the maximum ZT value for Cu0.095Ni0.005GaTe2 sample (ZT = 1.26 at 873 K) is obtained to be ~56% larger than that for CuGaTe2. This work indicates that the doping magnetic element Ni at Cu site is also one of the effective ways to improve the thermoelectric properties of CuGaTe2 materials.
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Keywords:
- thermoelectric material /
- CuGaTe2 /
- density of state /
- ZT value /
- thermoelectric figure of merit
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图 1 (a) Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%)样品室温下的XRD图谱, 其中, 在右上角附注(112)衍射峰的放大图; (b) Cu0.995Ni0.005GaTe2样品的XRD数据结构精修图, λ2和Rw为精修的误差参数
Figure 1. (a) XRD results of Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%) samples at room temperature, and the enlarged view of (112) diffraction peak is attached in the upper right corner; (b) results of refined XRD for Cu0.995Ni0.005GaTe2 sample, λ2 and Rw are the refined error parameters.
图 2 Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%)样品晶格参数随Ni含量x的变化
Figure 2. Lattice parameters of Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%) samples.
图 3 Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%)样品的 (a)电导率随温度的变化, (b)室温下载流子浓度和迁移率, (c) Seebeck系数和(d)功率因子随温度的变化
Figure 3. Electrical properties of Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%) samples: (a) Dependence of electrical conductivity with temperature; (b) carrier concentration and carrier mobility at room temperature; dependence of (c) Seebeck coefficient and (d) power factor with temperature.
图 4 CuGaTe2和Cu0.96875Ni0.03125GaTe2 样品 (a), (b)晶体结构示意图; (c), (d)能带结构图; (e), (f)总态密度和分态密度图
Figure 4. (a), (b) Visual patterns of structures, (c), (d) band structures, (e), (f) total density of states and partial density of states for CuGaTe2 and Cu0.96875Ni0.03125GaTe2, respectively.
图 5 CuGaTe2和 Cu0.995Ni0.005GaTe2 样品的紫外光电子能谱图 (a)全谱图; (b)图(a)中绿色虚线框内的放大图
Figure 5. UV photoelectron spectra of CuGaTe2 and Cu0.995Ni0.005GaTe2 samples: (a) Full spectrum; (b) enlarged view in the green dashed box in panel (a).
图 6 Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%)样品的(a)总热导率和(b)晶格热导率随温度的变化
Figure 6. Temperature dependence of (a) total thermal conductivity and (b) lattice thermal conductivity for Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%) samples.
图 7 Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%)样品的ZT值随温度的变化
Figure 7. Temperature dependence of ZT value for Cu1–xNixGaTe2 (x = 0, 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%) samples.
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[1] Zhu T, Liu Y, Fu C, Heremans J P, Snyder J G, Zhao X 2017 Adv. Mater. 29 1605884
Google Scholar
[2] Bell L E 2008 Science 321 1457
Google Scholar
[3] Hsu K F, Loo S, Guo F, Chen W, Dyck J S, Uher C, Hogan T, Polychroniadis E K, Kanatzidis M G 2004 Science 303 818
Google Scholar
[4] Zhao L D, Lo S H, Zhang Y S, Sun H, Tan G J, Uher C, Wolverton C, Dravid V P, Kanatzidis M G 2014 Nature 508 373
Google Scholar
[5] Chen X Q, Liu J, Li J 2021 Innovation 2 100134
[6] Riffat S B, Ma X L 2003 Appl. Therm. Eng. 23 913
Google Scholar
[7] Sun P, Kumar K R, Lyu M, Wang Z, Xiang J, Zhang W 2021 Innovation 2 100101
[8] Zhang J, Huang L, Zhu C, Zhou C, Jabar B, Li J, Zhu X, Wang L, Song C, Xin H, Li D, Qin X 2019 Adv. Mater. 31 1905210
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[9] Shay J L, Wernick J H 1975 Ternary Chalcopyrite Semiconductors: Growth, Electronic Properties, and Applications (London: Pergamon Press Ltd.) p112
[10] Slack G A, Rowe D 1995 CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics (Boca Raton: CRC Press) p280
[11] Ioffe A F, Stil'Bans L, Iordanishvili E, Stavitskaya T, Gelbtuch A, Vineyard G 1959 Phys. Today 12 42
[12] Shi X, Huang F, Liu M, Chen L 2009 Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 122103
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[13] Cho J, Shi X, Salvador J R, Meisner G P, Yang J, Wang H, Wereszczak A A, Zhou X, Uher C 2011 Phys. Rev. B 84 085207
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[16] Liu R, Xi L, Liu H, Shi X, Zhang W, Chen L 2012 Chem. Commun. 48 3818
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[18] Skoug E J, Cain J D, Majsztrik P, Kirkham M, Lara-Curzio E, Morelli D T 2011 Sci. Adv. Mater. 3 602
Google Scholar
[19] Liu H, Shi X, Xu F, Zhang L, Zhang W, Chen L, Li Q, Uher C, Day T, Snyder G J 2012 Nat. Mater. 11 422
Google Scholar
[20] Plirdpring T, Kurosaki K, Kosuga A, Day T, Firdosy S, Ravi V, Snyder G J, Harnwunggmoung A, Sugahara T, Ohishi Y 2012 Adv. Mater. 24 3622
Google Scholar
[21] Li Y, Meng Q, Deng Y, Zhou H, Gao Y, Li Y, Yang J, Cui J 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 231903
Google Scholar
[22] Zeier WG, LaLonde A, Gibbs Z M, Heinrich C P, Panthöfer M, Snyder G J, Tremel W 2012 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 7147
Google Scholar
[23] Parker D, Singh D J 2012 Phys. Rev. B 85 125209
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[24] Wu W, Wu K, Ma Z, Sa R 2012 Chem. Phys. Lett. 537 62
Google Scholar
[25] Kosuga A, Plirdpring T, Higashine R, Matsuzawa M, Kurosaki K, Yamanaka S 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 042108
Google Scholar
[26] Yusufu A, Kurosaki K, Kosuga A, Sugahara T, Ohishi Y, Muta H, Yamanaka S 2011 Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 061902
Google Scholar
[27] Kuhn B, Kaefer W, Fess K, Friemelt K, Turner C, Wendl M, Bucher E 1997 Phys. Status Solidi 162 661
Google Scholar
[28] Zhang J, Qin X Y, Li D, Xin H X, Song C J, Li L L, Wang Z M, Guo G L, Wang L 2014 J. Alloys Compd. 586 285
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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